Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-29
A BOLD ROBBERY.
Masked-Men Stop a Train
in Arizona.
THE PERPETRATORS ESCAPE,
The Train Arrives Here Shortly
After Midnight-lhe Latest
Particulars.

Assoc lated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
san Francisco, April 2S.-Gne Of the
most audacious, desperate and success.
full train robberies ever recorded occur.
rsd.yesterday on the west-bound over.
land train on the Southern Pacific rail-
road, near Tucson. A special dispatch
to the Ecening Bulletin this afternoon
from Tucson gives the detsils Of the
affair as follows: The western'bound
express, due here at 1890 last evening,
was stopped and robbed at Papago sta
tion, eighteen miles east OF here, about
$50 o'clock last evening" The number
Of men engaged 10 the robbery is yari'
ously estimated at from FIVE to eight.
Colonel Harper, the engineer, Hhen ap-
preaching the Papago side station was
signalled by red lantern to stop. He
slowed down and as lie approached the
light he noticed distractions on the
track. Immediately on stopping q
dozen or more shots were fired
into the express car and man with
pistoI in each hand boarded the loco.
motive aud commanded Harper 10
get down. The other robbers had in
the meantime been trying to open the
express car. Failing to get IL open they
placed stick of giant powder under it
and compelled Harper to light the fuse
attached. This lie was obliged to do,
but to avoid being blown up tha messen.
ger opened The Car and the robbers took
possession after extingaishing the fuse.
They then took charge of the car,
uncoupled the engine. baggage and
express car from the remainder OF the
train and made Harper get on the engine
and pull two lengths ahead. This being
done Harper was again put of, and the
robbers took charge of the engine and
pulled six mile, beyond Tucson. Here
they killed the engine and left It.
During the run the robbers went
through the mail and express cars bnt
did not get more than $4,000. They got
two packages of railroad mon y--one OF
Sl2lO and one of $500, and they also
took two packages of postage stamps
going to the Postofice at San Francisco.
1t is reported that the Express Messen-
ger threw $35, 600 10 gold into the stove
and SO saved it from the robbers. Moth.
ing was known here Of the affair until
past midnight, when telegram was re-
-ceived from Pantsno, the brakeman hav'
ing walked back eight miles to that
place. A special was ssnt down and The
train brought in at 9 this morning. None
of the assengers were molested. Some
of the passengers knew. nothing OF the
trouble until after their arrival here
Under Sheriff Shibel was carly at the
scene of trouble but could discover moth,
ing that would lead to the identity OF
the robbers. Ten trailers under Deputy
Sheriff M. s. Shaw have left for the
scene of the trouble, The robbers are
believed to be discharged railroad EN-
ployes. Although they compelled En-
pineer Harper to show them how to
handle the locomotive, it is believed by
their actions in handling the train that
they were perfectly familiar with such
work.
n LAIEh hNSOcNAs
SAN Francisco, April 2s. --Immedi
ately upon receipt Of the news at the
office Of the Southern Pacific Company
in this city, A. N. Towne, General Man
ager, issued the following circular, with
orders to the conpany's agents to post
it in a conspicuous place: "The mail ane
express cars, on our west.bound express
train, when at a point seventeen miles
asst Of Tucson, A. T., q! 10 o'clock las'
night, were stopped and robbed by fou'
or five men. The Southern Pacific Com
pany hereby offers reward OF $l0OO To-
the arrest and conviction Of the robbers
which is in addition 10 the reward Offered
by Wells, Fargo h Co.'S express. II
addition to this we understand that tn
United States Postoffice Department ha
! a standing r, ward of 5000 for each arres
and conviction Of rers sons engaged IN rob
hing the mails" From information re-
ctived by him General Manager Town'
said this forenoon in reference to TN
affair: "There were five shots fired iron
the bank by the robbers into the expires
car after the train had been brought t
a atop. The robbers had placed ties o.
the track, and red signal was waive
10 stop. When the train came to
standstill, the engineer and fireman wer
ordered to get off the engine, whicl
1 they did, Then they were each given
stick of giant DO wder and told that the
must compel the mail agents and expires
messenger to open the car ortne roboe!
would with revolvers compel them
light the dynamite to destroy th
cars. Under their threats the expires
messenger and mail agents aban
doned their cars. The robbers the
uncoupled the locomotive, express an
mail cars from tho train and got on II
engine and ran down the track tw
miles. There they stopped and took
) The money they could find. The none
) obtained from Wells, Fargo 4 Co. vi
about $4,000. No passenger was m
Tested. The robbers did not enter VI
passenger cars. When the robbers wei
away on the locomotive. which they q
peared TO be able to run, they left u
engineer and fireman standing besii
!. the track, The engineer and fireml
n followed the course taken and took Il
: IIocomotiye and cars back to the tra
and proceeded westward. No one. v
injured and be had not yet heard as
9 whether the mail was rided.
Additional facts were received co
cerning the robbery in dispatches
r Wells, Fargo & Co. These were th
'- the train was held up three mil
IS east of Papago in the cut. I
Q mail was robbed as well as t
g express. No one was injured by I
d shooting. When the news was carri
'r back to Pautano concerning the robbel
% United States Marshal Mead and d.
y uty and two deputy sheriffs and Z
d others started after the train. The 10.
of motive and cars were found at whistll
post about mile west of Papago. I
engine was dead, the headlight put o
aud the air.brakes on. There was
al trace Of the robbers. The Marshal 81
of for troops to Fort Lowell, .
4 thirty.five soldiers left there at 8 o'cls
~ this morning to scour the country. q
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